Government ministries in Ukraine are the central bodies that are entrusted to implement a state policies in a certain field of government (finance, justice, interior etc.).^[1] Each ministry is governed by a respective minister. The collective of ministries is called the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The modern Ukrainian ministries were first established after the February Revolution of 1917 when the Russian Emperor was forced to abdicate. The first ministries (secretariats) were Secretariat of state, Finance, Justice, Labor, Education, Communication, Trade and Industry, Transportation, , Military, Agriculture, and Office of General Secretariat (General Secretariat of Ukraine).

Current Ministries

Former ministries

• Ministry of Industrial Policy (or Industry)^[3] 1997–2014
  • Ministry of Machine-building, Military-Industrial Complex, and Conversion 1996–1997 (transformed)
• Ministry of Emergencies (or Emergencies and Protection of Population from the Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe) 1991–2012 (degraded)
• Foreign Relations and Trade 1991–2000
  • Ministry of Trade 1991–1992 (merged)
• Ministry of Science and Technology 1996–1999
• Ministry of Revenues and Duties 2012–2014
• Ministry of Coal [Mining] Industry 1987–2010
• Ministry of Public Housing and Utilities 2007–2010
• Ministry of Family Affairs and Youth 1996–2005 (merged) → Youth and Sports
• Ministry of Labor 1990–2010 (transitioned) → Social Policy
• Ministry of Transportation 1953–2010 (merged) → Infrastructure
  • Ministry of Automobile Transportation (degraded) → Ukravtodor
  • Ministry of Construction and Exploitation of Automobile Roads
• Ministry of [Rail]ways 1917–1920
• [Former agrarian ministries]
  • Ministry of Fishing [Resources] Management 1995 - 1997
  • Ministry of Bread Products
  • Ministry of Rural Development
  • Ministry of State Farms
• Ministry of Industrial Construction Materials
• Ministry of Social Security
• Ministry of Forest Management
• Ministry of Amelioration and Water Management
• Ministry of Light Industry
• Ministry of Special Construction
• Ministry of Construction (Construction and Architecture)
• Ministry of Higher and Special General Education
• Ministry of Statistics
• Ministry of Exterior Economy
• Ministry of Denationalization and De-monopolization
• Ministry of Nationalities and Migration
• Ministry in relationship with Verkhovna Rada
• Ministry of Press (Information)
• Ministry of Higher Education
• Ministry of Communication
• Ministry of Forest, Cellulose-Paper, and Wood Processing Industry
• Ministry of Fruits and Vegetables
• Ministry of Meat and Milk Industry
• Ministry of Food Industry
• Ministry of Preparations
• Ministry of Consumer Services of Population
• Ministry of Geology
• Ministry of Black Metallurgy
• Ministry of Montage and Special Construction
• Ministry of Industrial Construction

Original ministries (secretariats)